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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1873
Page
4
An assorted Victorian-era column recounts varied items from literature, finance, travel, science, and sensational notes. It lists authors, dignitaries, and events, including novel projects, European gifts, and local curiosities, with brief remarks on performance, virtue, and public life.
The article argues English will become the world’s working language as English education expands for noble heirs in stam and Asiatic aristocrats. It notes English as the commercial tongue and predicts in Japan and other lands that future readers will access English literature as if born in London or New York.
A historical excerpt from Christian Standard urges parents to raise daughters with practical skills and moral grounding. It advocates cooking, sewing, housekeeping, thrift, and self control while warning against luxuries and frivolous spending. The piece emphasizes virtues like honesty and industry, concluding that parents’ teaching shapes daughters’ futures.
George Rus devised a pepper prank at a crowded Marrs works party on Tilgehit night. He carried a quarter pound of cayenne pepper, sprinkled it across the floor, and fled to a corner as victims recoiled. He was later jailed for forty days and fined $14.90, a sentence seen as punitive but perhaps mischievous in origin.
Estimating dressed weight from live weight is uncertain, varying by breed, fatness, and condition. The article gives rules of thumb for cattle, sheep, and hogs, noting shrinkage differences with size, fatness, and breed, and cites a National Live Stock Journal method for hogs. It emphasizes live-to-dressed weight is an approximate guide, with thinner animals shrinking more and well fattened, pure breeds shrinking less.
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